Pocket with pull-matches



Nov. 2, 1937.

H. SPIRA 4 7 2,097,607

POC KET WITH PULL MATCHES Filed Dec. 14, 1934 ATTORNEY and lateral strips 90.

Patented Nov. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to pull-matches, that means matches which ignite While being pulled out of their container, and an object of it is to provide a pocket with pull-matches, adapted to be integrally made of one piece of a suitable material.

It is a further object of the invention to provide pockets with pull-matches, safe in manipulation and cheap in manufacture, and which may be produced, in continuous operation, of a band of pliable, inflammable material as cardboard or the like.

The invention consists in that the pull-matches are connected with one another and with a wall of the pocket, and adapted to be individually broken loose from their connection, the ignitible tips of the matches being placed within the pocket near its bottom and the opposite ends of the matches which I call finger ends hereinafter being seizable at the top of the pocket.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and appending drawing of examples embodying the invention. In the drawing is:

Fig. l, a form of an embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2, a cross section of a pocket made of the form of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a side view of the same and Fig. 4, a View of another modified form.

In Fig. 1 a form or blank of a pocket with pullmatches according to my invention is shown which consists of cardboard or other suitable material. The blank portions constituting the walls of the pockets are denoted by 80 and iii respectively. Wall 80 has the flap 83 at its top, and both walls 80 and 8| have lateral tabs 82 and 84 respectively. The original width of the flap 03 is the same as that of the wall 80 plus both its lateral tabs 82. The flap 83 is turned over at the top of wall 80 along the line 85, and a transverse incision 86 is made along this fold leaving, however, flap 83 connected with wall over the width of both lateral tabs 82. Longitudinal incisions 8'! form the match strips 88 with tips 89, At some distance from the transverse incision 86, the longitudinal incisions 81 are interrupted as at Si in such a manner that a connection exists between the match strips 88 and wall 80 through the lateral strips 90, and that the portions 92 of the strips near incision 86 are the finger ends of the matches. ter flap 83 has been folded against wall 80, and wall 8| against flap 83, the lateral tabs 82, 84 and 90 of each side are jointed for instance by wire clamps 93, as shown in Fig. 3, inserted through holes 94 which may be made before or in the course of the wiring operation. The lateral tabs 90 maybe made shorter than shown if desirable in order to facilitate the dipping of the match tips into a solution of ignitible matter in the course of'the manufacturing operation.

The finger ends 92 are covered by the walls of the pocket. V v

.The top portions 95 and 96 ofthe walls 80 and 8!, however, may be spread apart down to the lines 9? and 98 respectively, so that the finger ends 92 become easily seizable. The match strips 80 may then be broken loose from their connection 90 and pulled out. thus being struck against the igniting surface 99.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the transverse incision I00 is made along a line which differs from the line I85 along which the lateral tabs I90 of the flap are turned over, and the longitudinal incisions IOI near the lateral tabs I90 go beyond incision I00 and end at the fold I85. Thus, the wall I80 is provided with a tab I03 at its top which remains in the plane of the wall when the flap is turned over and protrudes beyond the finger ends I92 of the match strips. This tab may be used as a member for a locking device as per my copending patent application Serial No. 756,584 filed December 8th, 1934.

Variations within the spirit and scope of my invention are equally comprehended by the foregoing disclosure. I particularly wish to emphasize that the pocket with pulling matches as per my invention may be made of several pieces although I prefer to make them integral out of one piece of card board and still more prefer to make them of a band of cardboard in continuous operation.

I claim:-

l. A pocket with pull-matches comprising two walls, an igniting surface within the pocket; one of the walls provided with a fiap at its top; the flap folded into the interior of the pocket, a transverse incision along the fold leaving lateral tabs of the flap connected with the respective wall, and a plurality of match strips formed by longitudinal incisions in the fiap from the edge opposite the fold to the transverse incision; the longitudinal incisions interrupted for a short length near the transverse incision.

2. A pocket with pull matches as per claim 1 in which the lateral tabs of the flap are jointed with the respective lateral parts of both walls; the walls being adapted to be spread apart at their tops. 7

' HENRY SPIRA. 

